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The full set of rings, imaged as Saturn eclipsed the Sun from the vantage of the Cassini orbiter, 1.2 million km (¾ million miles) distant, on 19 July 2013 (brightness is exaggerated). Earth appears as a dot at 4 o'clock, between the G and E rings. The rings of Saturn are the most extensive and complex ring system of any planet in the Solar ...
May 4, 2017 · Saturn has more than a dozen rings and gaps within the rings – and more are being discovered by spacecraft like NASA’s Cassini. But the planet does have several major ring systems and gaps...
Nov 8, 2017 · Saturn is not the only planet in the solar system to have rings — Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also contain faint ring systems — but with its satellites spanning three-quarters of the...
Saturn's ring system extends up to 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers) from the planet, yet the vertical height is typically about 30 feet (10 meters) in the main rings. Named alphabetically in the order they were discovered, the rings are relatively close to each other, with the exception of a gap measuring 2,920 miles (4,700 kilometers) in ...
Jan 14, 2022 · When viewed from a distance, Saturn displays seven distinctive rings, according to NASA. These are simply named as the first seven letters of the alphabet. This ordering doesn't correspond to...
Jun 13, 2024 · Four robotic spacecraft from Earth have visited Saturn—Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Cassini. They have revealed many surprising things about Saturn's rings. The small color differences in Saturn's rings have been enhanced in this picture from Voyager 2 data.
May 15, 2015 · Overall, the rings extend about 175,000 miles out from Saturn—almost the distance between the Earth and its moon. But they vary in width and height—some are only 30 feet high.
Jul 21, 2017 · Scientists don't know for sure exactly how many rings Saturn has. There are eight main, named ring groups that stretch across 175,000 miles , but there are far more than eight rings.
Aug 29, 2005 · The rings of Saturn make up an enormous, complex structure that – from edge-to-edge – is wider than the distance from Earth to the Moon. The seven main rings are labeled in the order in which they were discovered; from the planet outward, they are D, C, B, A, F, G and E.
Saturn’s Rings: Young and Ephemeral, Three NASA Ames Studies Say.
